Holder for cards and photographs



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Byfifav'? Patented V.lilarclilaul B. Hall, Chicago,` lll., assigner to Acme f Chicago. Ill., a corpora- Vlsiblo Records, Inc.,

tion of Delaware AppllcltlonAprll 13, 1945, Serial No. 588,156

j 6 Claims. l This invention relates to improvements in holders for mounting and supporting cards, photographs and the like, and more particularly to the provision of a holder having novel `retaining means formed thereon. A

It is an object of the present invention to adapt a generally conventional holder of standard size and of the class comprising a holder body having a sheath embracing the lower marginal edge thereof and a plurality of slits or slots formed adjacent the upper marginal edge thereof, for the reception of pairs of cards or photographs of standard size in a compact arrangement which has heretofore been difficult to attain, r

Other objects relate to the details of construction, arrangement oi' parts and the economies thereof which will be apparent from a considerspecification and draw- Elg 4, of

modiedconstruction.

Referring to the drawings. the reference numeral I Il indicates a holder body of flexible sheet material having a hinge II defined by the line of perforations I 2 and thereby adapted for ilexible mounting in a suitable holder or binder by means off a suitable hanger. not shown. Although not illustrated, other conventional hinge mounting means for the holder may be employed. In like conventional manner the `holder rbody I0 has a sheath I3 embracing the lower marginal edge thereof, which sheath may be of a transparent plastic such as Celluloid, secured thereto by the staples Il adjacent the side edges of the body. An intermediate staple Il may be employed engaging at least one face of the sheath to the holder body. The sheath Il is adapted for reception of the lower marginal edges of cards or photographs to be mounted on the holder, and for reception of certain 'of the upper corners of such mounted articles, the holder body. I0 adjacent its side edges is provided with the obliquely extending slot pairs i8 and i1 adjacent its upper marginal edge. Thus by means of the sheath Il and the slot pairs I8 or I1, cards or photographs can be mounted on both faces of the holder, as conventional.

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A holder of such class, and as illustrated inv Figs. 1 and 2, in for example a standard size of 8 x 10, while suitable for mounting 8 x l0 inch photographs on one or vboth faces, 'has been heretofore considered too narrow in width to be vadapted for the support of two 5 x 7 linch photographs on one or both faces. However, in accordance with the present invention such standard size holder has been adapted for the reception of pairs of 5 x 'l photographs on one or both faces, or a pair on one face and an 8 x 1'0 photograph or card on the opposed face, in a manner whereby the 5 x '7 inch cards or photographs are engaged by supplementary holder means which prevents their lateral displacement While retaining them in close proximity .y

Thus, in accordance with the' present` invention, I provide an inwardly disposed tongue I8 medially of the holder body, and defined therefrom by the slit I9 which slit may be of arcuate form such as an arc of180 in extent, the opposed ends of the slit having their inception on a line parallel to a holder edgesuch as the illustrated upper marginal edge of the holder and adjacent thereto. A pair of offset slits 20 and 2l are further provided, both parallel to slit I8, each extending in opposite directions from a line bisecting tongue I8 to its respective ends, these slits 20 and` 2| being suitably of 90 arcuate extent 'when slit I9 is of 180. The slit 20 is formed on the tongue I8 Whereas the slit 20 is formed on the holder, body, bothv being substantially equally spaced from slit I9.

As shown in Fig. 1, a pair of inserts 22 and 23, such as cards or photographs may be mounted on the holder by inserting their lower edges with'- in the sheath I3 and the outer upper corners within the diagonal slotsA I6. The upper inner corner of the card 22 is inserted through the slits 2l and I 9 and held by the strip 28 formed between them, and the inner upper corner of the card 23 is inserted through the slits I9 and 20 'i and Aheld by the strip 2l formed on the tongue, permitting the two cards to be mounted in very close and substantially touching relationship and yet held against lateral displacement, the adjacent and contiguous ends of the strips 26 and V the inner upper corner of card 2l through slit II.

When'a center staple I5 is employed in engagement with only one leg of the sheath I3, 'a pair of 5 x 7 photographs may be mounted on one faceof the holder and an 8 x 10 photograph on the opposed face withits upper corners extended through diagonal slots I'l.

When a card holder or album is provided with a number of holders, some of which are as yet unused, and for the purpose of preventing the.

tongues I8 from becoming bent before use, it may be found desirable to vcause the tongue I8 to be temporarily held down. This I accomplish by interrupting the slit I9, preferably medially, by a rupturable body component 28 as shown in the lmodiiied form of Fig. 5, mere insertion of the 5 x 7 cards or photographs being sumcient to cause severance permittinga pair of adjacent cards to be brought and heldin substantially touching edgewise relationship to each other.

Although I have illustrated and described the preferred forms of my invention, itwill be obvious to those skilled in the art that various A 'modiiications may be made without departing from the spirit thereof, and I therefore do not wish -to be limited thereto exceptas set forth.

to one edge of said holder and inwardly therefrom `to a line normal thereto and separately terminating thereon in spaced substantially oontiguous relationship to each other. v

'4. A holder for inserts such as cards, photographs `andthe like comprising a body and a plurality of insert engaging means provided thereon, one of said insert engaging means being constructed and arranged to receive in close proximity the adjacent corners .of pairs of inserts mounted on the opposed faces of said holder and comprising an inwardly disposed tongue defined by an arcuate slit formed in'said'body, and a pair of offset slits parallel thereto, one being formed on said -tongue and the other. on said body and extending-in opposed directions vfrom a line bisecting said rst slit.

5. A holder for inserts such as cards, photo-' graphs and the like comprising a body and a plurality of insert engaging meansprovided thereon, one of said insert engaging meansbeing constructed and arranged to receive in close i proximity theadjacent corners of pairs of vinformed on said tongue and the other on said bodyv one being formed on said tongue and the other on the holder body and extending in` opposed directions from a line bisectingfsaid tongue.

2. Ay holder for inserts such as cards', photographs and the like comprising a body and a pluone of said insert engaging means 'being constructed and arranged Vto receive in' close proximity the adjacent corners of pairs of inserts mounted on the opposed faces of said holder and comprising an inwardly disposed tongue deiin'ed by a substantially continuous slit formed on said body, the opposed ends ofsaid slit at the root ofthe tongue terminating on a line parallel to one edge of the holder, and a pair of oppositely l prising a body and a plurality of insert engaging means provided thereon including a pair of strips defined by slits formed in said body for receiving rality o f insert engaging means provided thereon,

in close proximity the adjacent corners of a pair Number serts mounted on the opposed faces of said holder and comprising an-.inwardly disposed tongue deav pair of offset slits parallel thereto, one being and extending in opposed directions from a line bisecting said rst slit. said' first slitv being substantially medially interrupted by a rupturable body component.

6. A holder for inserts such as cards, photographs and the like comprising a body and a plurality of insert' engaging means provided REFERENCES CITED The following references arel of record in the ille of this patent:

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